Hindu organ donor campaign begins in London

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A campaign to persuade members of Britain’s Hindu community to sign up to
organ donation and relieve a critical shortage of donor organs in the
country’s Asian population was launched today in London.

The Hindu Forum together with the Department of Health and other charities
were hosting a national conference at the Neasden Temple in London, Shri
Swaminarayan Mandir, in an attempt to overcome the barriers that prevent
Hindus from considering organ donation and transplants.

Although almost a quarter of all patients awaiting transplants are of Asian
origin, only 1.3 per cent of those registered for organ donation are from